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Default Allen Key bolts - how do they make the hexagonal hole in the bolt head?

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On 19/04/2016 10:12, Syd Rumpo wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kxcw08p_oY

Doesn't show the hex head, but it'll just be a different set of dies.


Cheers. I enjoyed that video. Those automatic machines are impressive.


Extremely. Not knowing anything about these processes, I wonder why the
bolts are cold forged, but the nuts require heat.

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Graeme